Cheers for that guys... I managed to pick up an bit of lead in info from Bristow. It all sounds pretty good. It actually sounds like a normal job where they look after their employees... insurance, super, loss of licence etc.
Fortuantely I'm a young fella in the scheme of things.
Oh and TolipZO... a single engine IR is a little less prohibitavely expensive for a kiwi than having to do the whole lot in a 222 or S76 here as per our requirements. We dont have a nice sim or an approved single IFR machine like you lot.
Thanks again